Three people were shot, including one fatally, during the third night of anti-racist riots in the city of Kenosha in the US state of Wisconsin. As reported by the local police, the offender fled the scene.
The shooting occurred before midnight from Tuesday to Wednesday local time (from 25 to 26 August) near a gas station. According to witnesses, one of the victims was shot in the head and died on the spot, the other two have wounds to the arm and chest.
The video of the incident posted on social media shows how holding a long gun and wearing a mask covering the entire face of the offender runs away from the scene, firing shots in the direction of the pursuing people.
According to the "New York Times", before the event there was a quarrel between men armed with rifles, who stood in front of the gas station and protected her from protesters in the city demonstrators.
Third night of riots
Last night was the third in a row, when several hundred demonstrators clashed with the police. Officers used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. In a small town located between Chicago and Milwaukee, a 100-man detachment of the Wisconsin National Guard was brought.
The cause of the riots was shot by the police black Jacob Blake.the video of the event shows how a man ignoring police orders and trying to open the door to his car is shot seven times in front of his fiancee and children. According to family members, Blake is conscious but partially paralyzed as a result of spinal cord injury.
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